Printing Press Operators Career

Vocational Programs for Printing Press Operators Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
151K	$21.37	$44,450

The role of Printing Press Operators is to set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses. The average annual wage of the occupations is $44,450 and $21 per hour. 3 vocational programs could be taken for the Printing Press Operators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 151,450 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Printing Press Operators Career

The following 3 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Printing Press Operators.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Printing Press Operators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	27	-	-	-	-
Printing Press Operator	1	-	-	-	-
Graphic Communications (other)	5	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Printing Press Operators

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator

Printing Press Operator

Graphic Communications (other)

Schools offering voational programs for Printing Press Operators

The following 33 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Printing Press Operators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.